How would you define a kiss?

It’s a tough one, isn’t it? You may think, “what type of kiss?”, or “what do you mean by define?”. It isn’t the sort of question we would normally ask. Well, let me help you - I’m NOT talking of those slobbery disgusting kisses you get from grandma or great aunts. I’m thinking of a sexy guy (like me) and a beautiful girl.

So, in order to help those of you with less experience in this area, I have defined four types of kisses, and here are my definitions - in ascending order…

Type 1 Kiss: As you approach your intended target, the target, at the last possible moment, turns her head to the side, and you get a mouthful of cheek. If this is a girl, you get a mouthful of rouge, if a guy, you often get a mouthful of zit-juice.

Type 2 Kiss: As you approach your target, both purse their lips, and the two membranes of skin touch. You need to be careful in this approach to get the nose thing right, at least one of you must turn slightly, but not both in the same direction. Small amounts of spittle and some microscopic mucus is passed during this procedure.

Type 3 Kiss: This is similar to the previous one, except now the lips, when pressed togther, are also slightly parted. This allows the exchange of foul smelling air from the lungs, containing carbon dioxide and halitosis, as well as more saliva and mucous to be exchanged.

Type 4 Kiss: Similar to the above type, except this time the muscle of the mouth is brought into play. Often known as tonsil hockey kissing, this involved attempting to tie your tongue in a knot with your victim’s tongue. It can also include tasting what they had for supper by scraping the back of their teeth. The real danger in this kiss lies in the possibility of creating a pressure vacuum in the mouth cavities that will require dangerous pressure gradients to be released. Kissers have been known to be stuck together for over an hour. By the way, during this time (and hour) over half a cup of salvia can be exchanged between the competitors, and choking and asphyxiation have been known side-effects.

Now all of that sounds quite gross actually, but is it? Does any of what I’ve said do justice to a kiss? Does it really describe a kiss to someone? NO. A kiss is more than just the act of pressing two sets of lips together. A kiss engages your whole being. It’s like electricity shooting through your system. You can hardly think or breath when it’s happening, and you remember it for days later. Why?

Well, unless you’ve experienced a kiss you wouldn’t know. And, as I said, I’m not talking about kissing your grandmother here. You need to experience a kiss from someone (or with someone) that you really love - someone that means something to you. Only then will you really know what a kiss is. And those who just look at you kissing will never understand what it really means.

So, kissing is only really kissing when it happens in a relationship. And only when that relationship is one of true love.

You may have heard these sappy songs that say things like: “I’d climb the highest mountain, or swim the deepest ocean - just to prove I love you”. Well, Jesus would have done all of that, and more. But He chose rather to die for you. There isn’t much more anyone can do to prove they love you than to die for you - do you agree? Well, Jesus loves you that much!

Ephesians 3:14-19 says: For this reason I bow my knees before the Father from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His Glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s Love and to know the Messiah’s love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (HCSB)

You will never fully understand a relationship with Christ until you have experienced it. There’s too much to understand. Believing in Christ, following Him, and truly living a life like that is something that is amazing and full of opportunity. You could never explain it completely to another person. You could never describe what it feels like to live with purpose, to play like someone is watching.

There is a God who is reaching out for you. There is a God that loves you. There is a God that is willing to do anything to have a relationship with you-His child. Are you running away? Are you avoiding it? Or are you just plain scared of finally opening up yourself to Him?

My prayer is that you would. Run at it with reckless abandonment, with blind faith, and EXPERIENCE the Love that only comes from Christ.